Roger Avary Will Script Paul Verhoeven's 'Jesus of Nazareth'

Paul Verhoven, the dual-sided filmmaker whose Hollywood career is broadly split between highly aware genre fare (Robocop, Starship Troopers, Black Book) and gleeful, exploitative silliness (Showgirls, Basic Instinct, Total Recall), has long wanted to make a film about Jesus. Yes, that Jesus, the carpenter. He co-wrote a book on the subject, Jesus of Nazareth, and has tried for some time to raise money to do a film version.
Now he's ...

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